“There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.”
Jerry Seinfeld (1954) American comedian and actor
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“Leave it to a girl to take all the fun out of sex discrimination.
-Calvin”
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Source: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
Bisco Hatori (1975) Japanese manga artist
Source: Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 7
“Where people aren’t having any fun, they seldom produce good work.”
David Ogilvy book Confessions of an Advertising Man
Source: Confessions of an Advertising Man
“Don't talk to me. I'm tired and grumpy and I'll probably make fun of you.”
Ann Brashares The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“… perversely, it is often more fun to want something than to have it.”
David Foster Wallace book Infinite Jest
Source: Infinite Jest
“Angel, getting you off is ninety-nine percent of the fun for me.”
Sylvia Day (1973) American writer
Source: Entwined with You
“You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
“Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you're not responsible for your actions.
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Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
Source: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
“When you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Source: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
“the parties are no fun until everyone gets drunk”
Scott Westerfeld (1963) American science fiction writer
“Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.”
Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949) American author and journalist
“The only love that feels like love is the doomed kind. (Fun fact.)”
Jenny Offill book Dept. of Speculation
Source: Dept. of Speculation
Chelsea Handler (1975) American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
Source: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
“I make it a policy not to second-guess my instincts. Life's more fun that way.
~Train Heartnet”
Kentaro Yabuki (1980) Japanese manga artist
Source: Black Cat, Volume 01
“Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Source: Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit
“Of all the seven deadly sins, only Envy is no fun at all.”
Joseph Epstein (1937–1944) American essayist, short story writer and editor
Source: Envy
E. Lockhart (1967) American writer of novels as E. Lockhart (mainly for teenage girls) and of picture books under real name Emily J…
Source: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver
“If it ain't fun don't do it.”
Jack Canfield (1944) American writer
Jack Canfield's Key to Living the Law of Attraction: A Simple Guide to Creating the Life of Your Dreams
Gretchen Rubin (1966) American writer
Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Source: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Roald Dahl book Danny, the Champion of the World
Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
Context: A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.
Dr. Seuss book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960)
Variant: From there to here,
from here to there,
funny things are everywhere.
Source: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
“Ummm…” She licked her lips. “Define fun.”
“Quit doing that, jailbait. It’s distracting.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: The Dead Girls' Dance
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Smooth Talking Stranger
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Gifts
“The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.”
Ken Kesey (1935–2001) novelist
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
16 August 1925
Source: Enough Rope (1926)
“Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.”
Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948) Soviet-American dancer, choreographer, and actor born in Letonia, Soviet Union
Benjamin Hoff book The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Who?
Source: The Tao of Pooh (1982)
Chuck Palahniuk (1962) American novelist, essayist
Interview with the San Francisco Bay Guardian (2002-10-30)
“Oh Tigger, where are your manners?"
"I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.”
A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author
“…. maybe fear is God's way of saying, "Pay attention, this could be fun.”
Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…
Source: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
“Whoever thought a tiny candy bar should be called fun size was a moron.”
Glenn Beck (1964) U.S. talk radio and television host
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Rises
“Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me NOW!
It is fun to have fun
But you have to know how.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Variant: It is fun to have fun but you have to know how.
Source: The Cat in the Hat (Deluxe Edition)
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" http://books.google.com/books?id=kd41AQAAIAAJ&q=%22quotations+according%22#search_anchor from the New York Times, 1 December 1975.
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
1980s, Generation of Swine (1988)
Context: Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow — to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested...
Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.
